Fan Fanatic Sports Staff
This has got to be the most boring Pennant Race season in a long time. If you're a huge baseball fan, like myself, you're rooting hard for the Minnesota Twins to make the final week and a half of the baseball season exciting. Realistically, that is the only race that is left. The Yankees and Dodgers lead their division by 5 games, The Phillis by 8, Angels by 7.5 games, and the Cardinals by the widest margin of 10 games. Even the Wild Card race is pretty much over. The Red Sox lead the Rangers by 7 games and the Rockies are starting to pull away from the Giants with a 4 game lead.
What does this all mean? Well, it means that most playoff teams will be well rested. It will mean their starting rotations will be set up. It should mean the best team will win, but you never know. You still have to play the games. The Red Sox could have made the AL East race interesting if they didn't blow a huge lead against the lowly Royals last night. The Yanks lost, once again, to the Angels. A BoSox win would have brought them within 3 games in the loss column a few days before they head into the Bronx for a 3 game series. Of course, a Red Sox sweep this weekend would certainly make things interesting, but I just don't see that happening. Even if they take 2 of 3, they would still only game a game with one full week on the schedule remaining.
Personally, I can't wait to get to the playoffs. As a die hard Dodgers fan, I've been waiting for quite some time to start the postseason. I will, however, be watching the Twins & Tigers battle it out over the next week and a half.
I'm rooting for the Twinkies. What about you?
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